Julia Louis-Dreyfus Calls ‘Bulls—‘ Over Complaints That ‘Comics Can’t Be Funny Now’ Due to P.C. Culture: It’s Not an ‘Impossible Time to Be Funny’ ( variety.com )
Spaceballs 2 in the works with Josh Gad starring, Mel Brooks producing ( www.joblo.com )
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is crumbling ( www.spectator.co.uk )
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is the epitome of Hollywood masculinity. His on-screen magnetism and talk show couch affability have endeared him to millions. Now though, the Rock seems to be crumbling....
VFX artist explains why CGI in films is worse now ( www.independent.co.uk )
A visual effects artist has revealed the reason why special effects in movies are so much “worse” now....
Highlander reboot, starring Henry Cavill in the lead role, the movie is set to start filming in early 2025. ( www.cbr.com )
Movie Trailers Are Killing Movies ( www.gamespot.com )
A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story--like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn't say what the title of the movie was. But it's more common these days, I'd argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for a film that...
Pixar CCO Says Live-Action Remakes Bother Him: “I Like Making Movies That Are Original” ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
Peter Jackson Working on New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Films for Warner Bros., Targeting 2026 Debut ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
Robert De Niro has award withdrawn after calling Donald Trump 'monster' outside trial ( news.sky.com )
Robert De Niro has been denied a prestigious award after making a speech calling Donald Trump a "clown" and a "dictator "outside the former president's trial....
‘Furiosa’ First Reactions Say It’s a Stunning Powerhouse (But No ‘Fury Road’) ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
The 50 Most Disappointing Movie Sequels of All Time ( www.rollingstone.com )
Motion Picture Association Hires FBI Official to Lead Anti-Piracy Efforts ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
Just Watched Cloud Atlas (first time) ( en.wikipedia.org )
I never got around to watching it when it came out, and I think I'd completely missed the critical reception and box-office failure it received. Which saddened me to read after the watch, I have to say, as I was really happy to have watched it....
Edge Of Tomorrow 2 Gets Exciting Update From Tom Cruise Movie Director After Years Of Stalls ( screenrant.com )
Following years of languishing in development hell, Doug Liman offers an encouraging update on Edge of Tomorrow 2. Liman previously teamed with Tom Cruise for the 2014 adaptation of the Japanese novel All You Need Is Kill, in which Cruise starred as a military public affairs officer who becomes stuck in a time loop in a future...
Nicolas Cage film 'The Surfer' induces knee-buckling six minute standing ovation at Cannes ( beachgrit.com )
Now, let us all be honest. There has only been one surf film, ever, worth the time of an auteur and that is Bruce Brown’s seminal masterpiece The Endless Summer. Others, including Point Break, North Shore, Blue Crush are cute. Others still, including Chasing Mavericks and In God’s Hands, are so offensive as to count as...
Vin Diesel’s New ‘Riddick’ Movie Moving Forward for Fall Shoot ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
Are trailers revealing too much again nowadays? ( filmstories.co.uk )
Recent trailers have revealed plot points that would normally be considered spoilers. Should studios stop doing this?
6 Reasons So Many Movies Are Struggling At The Box Office In 2024 ( screenrant.com )
With ticket sales down and newly released movies hitting streaming and video-on-demand (VOD) services in record time, it's not surprising that films are struggling to make it big in theaters. For comparison, 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road grossed a whopping $45 million over a non-holiday opening weekend, which ultimately led to an...
‘Furiosa,’ ‘Garfield’ lead slowest Memorial Day box office in decades ( apnews.com )
tl;dr...
Well, it's officially over. Tom Hardy says George Miller’s "MAD MAX: FURY ROAD" prequel "THE WASTELAND" is no longer happening. ( www.forbes.com )
As for the possibilities in Hardy’s future, he says of the rumored Mad Max: The Wasteland George Miller project, “I don’t think that’s happening.”
‘Star Trek: Picard’ Showrunner Terry Matalas Tackling Remake of 1980s Sci-Fi Movie ‘Enemy Mine’ (Exclusive) ( www.hollywoodreporter.com )
This film I regard as a bit of a classic and I reviewed it quite recently on my blog. Not sure how I feel about this one.
'Furiosa' Edges 'Garfield' in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995 ( timesofsandiego.com )
The North American box office over Memorial Day Weekend might be described as a wasteland, with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie” pulling in disappointing holiday opening numbers, according to industry estimates....
Furiosa's Box Office Opening Explained: What The Hell Happened With The Mad Max Prequel?! ( screenrant.com )
Furiosa's opening weekend numbers have been a point of discourse for many trades after its release. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Furiosa slumped to a $26 million gross between Friday, May 24, and Sunday, May 26. However, Furiosa was released over the Memorial Day weekend, taking its estimated domestic total to between...
Russell Crowe on Actors Complaining About Starring in Superhero Films: You’re ‘Here for the Wrong Reasons’ If You Expect It to Be ‘Life-Changing’ ( www.indiewire.com )
"You’re telling me you signed up for a Marvel movie, and some fucking universe for cartoon characters, and you didn’t get enough pathos?"
